Rosy brown

#cea5a5

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for rosy brown, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Rosy brown, a muted red sitting at 0 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #cea5a5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cea5a5

RGB206, 165, 165

HSL0, 29%, 73%

HSV0, 20%, 81%

CMYK0%, 20%, 20%, 19%

Lab71.38, 15.05, 5.72

XYZ45.7, 42.75, 41.44

Decimal13542821

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5015 C

Shades of rosy brown

#c28f8f #b67979 #aa6363 #985353 #824747 #6c3b3b #562f2f #402323 #2a1717 #140b0b

Tints of rosy brown

#d2adad #d7b5b5 #dbbdbd #dfc4c4 #e3cccc #e8d4d4 #ecdcdc #f0e4e4 #f4ecec #f9f3f3

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#a5cece Analogous#cea5ba Analogous#cebaa5 Triadic#a5cea5 Triadic#a5a5ce Split complementary#a5ceba Split complementary#a5bace

Rosy brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 20, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cea5a5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 20 19

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 22 25

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #cea5a5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cea5a5; }
.text { color: #cea5a5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cea5a5; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cea5a5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cea5a5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Rosy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cea5a5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around rosy brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn rosy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cea5a5 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from rosy brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #cea5a5 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.